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5 Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Plays for 8/20/18

Matt Kupferle  —  @MKupferle Aug 20th, 2018
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Max Kepler, OF, Minnesota Twins

Price: $2,900

With the Chicago White Sox on the verge of starting uber-prospect Michael Kopech tomorrow, another big name, Lucas Giolito toes the slab tonight. Unfortunately for Giolito, his 2018 season hasn't exactly gone according to plan.

Over 131 2/3 innings, the young righty has posted an ugly 5.58 SIERA, including a 15.4% strikeout rate and 12.2% walk rate. Among the 71 qualified major league starters, Giolito's mark ranks him dead last, and by a wide margin, too -- teammate Reynaldo Lopez is second-worst with a mark of 5.26.

With numbers that poor, you would assume there are some significant warts in that pitching profile, and left-handed batters have blasted Giolito this year for a .374 wOBA and 42.9% fly-ball rate, along with more walks (13.3%) than strikeouts (12.3%).

All of this makes Max Kepler of the Minnesota Twins a very intriguing play. The German outfielder owns a .192 ISO this year, and he will look to add to that stat in a juicy matchup tonight.

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